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they don't see us as people. they see us as a number. i am here because these pension debates have real consequences for real people. tens of thousands of less faith flees to serve the state and have been less than alert. it is hard to believe that we are going to solve our economic problems by reducing pensions for working people. as far as i can tell, that will only make things worse. thank you. >> thank you delores. we have a few moments for questions from the press and we will start with any member from the procedure that is in the audience. if you could just introduce yourself. [inaudible] >> you talk about -- if governor christie can get that message across what can you do? what options do you have? there is a crisis. >> i mean, -- anytime. you know, it could be used depending. all of these become, you know, public policy choices and options open the were you put your money in perris. i think the you know, the message that i try to convey is that there are consequences to dismantling what has been a you know : in this is what we lo
they don't see us as people. they see us as a number. i am here because these pension debates have real consequences for real people. tens of thousands of less faith flees to serve the state and have been less than alert. it is hard to believe that we are going to solve our economic problems by reducing pensions for working people. as far as i can tell, that will only make things worse. thank you. >> thank you delores. we have a few moments for questions from the press and we will start...
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it was important for us because it was a hunkering down for us. it was a reminder that which we knew all along that this was going to be very hard fought. the president took a lot of it on himself and was kind of baulking everybody at the mountain. but it was important for us because we needed to have that moment. when his back was against the wall. it was important for all of those reasons. >> tell us, take up a little bit preparing for the first debate he had not a great september so his back was against the ball going into that first debate. give us a little sense of mitt romney -- people have a little bit of a difficult time getting a hold of him as he prepares for that first debate and then comes out of it. >> that is one of the things i said if i could just get this guy into everybody's living room for 90 minutes and let them see the issues that he has and his ability and his vision for the country he would be able to win this something we would better be prepared for the d dates to sit down for 90 minutes and sort of cut through a lot of th
it was important for us because it was a hunkering down for us. it was a reminder that which we knew all along that this was going to be very hard fought. the president took a lot of it on himself and was kind of baulking everybody at the mountain. but it was important for us because we needed to have that moment. when his back was against the wall. it was important for all of those reasons. >> tell us, take up a little bit preparing for the first debate he had not a great september so...
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block us. and he came pretty close to doing it. he lost some battles and he finally killed at a battle called the battle in the tims in what's ontario and canada. and when they are negotiate ago peace treaty britain abandons their indian allies and leaves them to their fate. >> host: mr. brookhiser, some question and a fun parlor game, if madison was alive today, what party would he be in now. >> guest: i can't go that far. the farthest i can go how would he vote in 1890. what if he's 90 years old and the country is splitting apart over slavery. >> host: was he a slave owner? >> guest: avenues slave owner. he dies in 1836 so he lives long enough to see the fight over admitting missouri into the country in 1820. he lives to see the nullification crisis with south carolina, this battle over the tariff. he sees what could be coming. so i consider the four candidates who ran in 1860. he would not have voted for abraham lincoln because lincoln was running on a platform of restricting the expansion o
block us. and he came pretty close to doing it. he lost some battles and he finally killed at a battle called the battle in the tims in what's ontario and canada. and when they are negotiate ago peace treaty britain abandons their indian allies and leaves them to their fate. >> host: mr. brookhiser, some question and a fun parlor game, if madison was alive today, what party would he be in now. >> guest: i can't go that far. the farthest i can go how would he vote in 1890. what if...
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us as a scapegoat. he could always say anything wrong, it's the united states' fault. but i think it's time to quit this isolation business of not talking the people. we talked to the soviets, we talked to the chinese, and we opened up trade. we're not killing each other now. we fought with the vietnamese for a long time, we finally gave up, started talking to them, now we trade with them. i don't know why the cuban people should be so intimidated. man, i don't know where you get this assumption that all of a sudden all the cubans are coming here. i would thought they're going to celebrate and they would have a lot more freedom if we would say we want to talk with you and come visit. sometimes they can't even send packages down there. i think we're living in the dark ages when we can't even talk to the cuban people. i think it's not 1962 anymore, and we don't have to use force and intimidation and overthrow of governments. i just don't think that's going to work. >> senator santorum -- [applause] an adm
us as a scapegoat. he could always say anything wrong, it's the united states' fault. but i think it's time to quit this isolation business of not talking the people. we talked to the soviets, we talked to the chinese, and we opened up trade. we're not killing each other now. we fought with the vietnamese for a long time, we finally gave up, started talking to them, now we trade with them. i don't know why the cuban people should be so intimidated. man, i don't know where you get this...
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a new push on research and data collection will be particularly useful to us as we implement our own national action plan. of course we know the change will come easily and it won't come quickly. to ensure we are headed in the right direction, that our strategies are effective and sustainable we have to be able to measure what we are doing and that means developing sound metrics to guide us. so thanks to georgetown for taking on this really important task. let me close by telling you about one woman whose experiences and accomplishments somebody much of what we are discussing today and that is our special guest, the president of kosovo. she is here with us today and i have been able to spend some wonderful time with her over the last few days and in meetings before she came. and that won't let carol tell you how young she is but she has accomplished a great deal in a very short period. the future president was still a student when war tore apart her homeland. i will never forget those days, meeting kosovar families in a refugee camp, meeting others in europe, hearing their stories an
a new push on research and data collection will be particularly useful to us as we implement our own national action plan. of course we know the change will come easily and it won't come quickly. to ensure we are headed in the right direction, that our strategies are effective and sustainable we have to be able to measure what we are doing and that means developing sound metrics to guide us. so thanks to georgetown for taking on this really important task. let me close by telling you about one...
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to us. where do not only work on the existing data we have to have an established, functioning plan and the only way to do that is for the house and senate to work together through the traditional budget process and starting on top of this. this. i am sorry that the president does not like working with the senate and house to try to get things accomplished, and that he is determined you be extraconstitutional and say we can't wait is going to do this on on its get congress did he seem to work well with congress when the house and senate were both democrat. but now that there is another part to work with he has decided doesn't want to work with anyone on that point. the simple fact is the senate has to do a budget. the president has to work with both parties to be able to come to some resolution because we cannot continue to wait with no plan to get out of this very significant debt that we're facing as a nation. without like to introduce bill jones. >> thanks. it's good to be with you here t
to us. where do not only work on the existing data we have to have an established, functioning plan and the only way to do that is for the house and senate to work together through the traditional budget process and starting on top of this. this. i am sorry that the president does not like working with the senate and house to try to get things accomplished, and that he is determined you be extraconstitutional and say we can't wait is going to do this on on its get congress did he seem to work...
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let us pray. lord, we are meeting tonight to conduct matters of business important to new hampshire in the country. guide our hearts and minds in the spirit of fairness, right thought and speech. in fact your supreme wisdom upon iraq dvd so that we may reach a successful conclusion. thank you for being our source of guidance to name. we also ask in god's grace that she watch over two of our beloved former nashua state representative, john dyer entry sector benowitz who recently passed away. they will be greatly missed. amen. >> i'd like to ask representative john the bronze to please come forward and meet us in the pledge of allegiance. a >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. the >> just to give you a little bit of an idea of what we have planned for tonight, we have asked each of the campaigns to be there at the candidate to attend in person or to send a repr
let us pray. lord, we are meeting tonight to conduct matters of business important to new hampshire in the country. guide our hearts and minds in the spirit of fairness, right thought and speech. in fact your supreme wisdom upon iraq dvd so that we may reach a successful conclusion. thank you for being our source of guidance to name. we also ask in god's grace that she watch over two of our beloved former nashua state representative, john dyer entry sector benowitz who recently passed away....
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corporations could only use their treasury funds to pay, set up and administer a pac, and could not use any money to expressly advocated for the election or defeat of any candidate. and their executives, like all other individuals, could only write checks of up to $5,000 to these pacs. citizens united began the process of unraveling these protections when it found that companies could give unlimited money to pacs for the purposes of running ads directly advocating for or against a candidate. this kind of activity is called independent expenditures. there is one line from the supreme court's opinion that i think is worth sharing with you, as senator whitehouse did as well, because it highlights for me and for him just how absurd the thinking of the court was on this case. it said -- quote -- "independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption." unquote. my emphasis added. this one line that is so flawed and so out of touch with reality is what has spawned the complete unraveling of our campaign finance system, an
corporations could only use their treasury funds to pay, set up and administer a pac, and could not use any money to expressly advocated for the election or defeat of any candidate. and their executives, like all other individuals, could only write checks of up to $5,000 to these pacs. citizens united began the process of unraveling these protections when it found that companies could give unlimited money to pacs for the purposes of running ads directly advocating for or against a candidate....
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[laughter] and the worse one for us. another thought that i learned from david a long time ago is no deal is perfect. even the deal that we republicans thought wasless good in 1990, did help lead to the clinton surpluses a few years later. any kind of a good deal is going to be disliked by everybody as speakers have already pointed out. those who vote for it, are likely to lose their jobs. i would urge them to do so anyway because even a recession, there's probably better work out there than you need in congress anyway. >> thank you. thank you, congressman. we have been joined by speaker foley. he has suggested that the pressure put on his office that you go, and he'd like to hear your comments. bob, we're turning it over to you. >> okay. thank you. it's a pleasure to be with this distinguished group and also with others to be up here speaking to you rather than down there being spoken at. which happened many times. i thought i would say a few words about three different dimensions of this. first the difference in the pr
[laughter] and the worse one for us. another thought that i learned from david a long time ago is no deal is perfect. even the deal that we republicans thought wasless good in 1990, did help lead to the clinton surpluses a few years later. any kind of a good deal is going to be disliked by everybody as speakers have already pointed out. those who vote for it, are likely to lose their jobs. i would urge them to do so anyway because even a recession, there's probably better work out there than...
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us and nobody cares about us. like me, you have chosen to serve your country. you here in washington and me in the field. have faith in me that i will be out there protecting you. it is my hope you will use your power here to protect you fight me. thank you for this opportunity. >> they do so much. it thinks we have broken pastor. you're recognized for five minutes. >> hello. my name is broken pastor. anton years old. i am the seventh grade at william as a mills will. i am here today with my mom and also ms. benjamin from the child home program. i've lived in over 16 places, six shelters, four times double up with many different people, and we have our own house six times. we had to go to an emergency motels -- emergency much of rooms many of the times in between shelters and houses. i really did moving from place to place. it's so hard because you get to know people in the half to move. it made my life card. when we live with other people there were not nice to pass. we could not ask them for anything. there were
us and nobody cares about us. like me, you have chosen to serve your country. you here in washington and me in the field. have faith in me that i will be out there protecting you. it is my hope you will use your power here to protect you fight me. thank you for this opportunity. >> they do so much. it thinks we have broken pastor. you're recognized for five minutes. >> hello. my name is broken pastor. anton years old. i am the seventh grade at william as a mills will. i am here...
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denying massive amounts of people their rights used to be us, not being concerned used to be us. so i would say looking historically there have been periods where we have been on various different measures better than we are now. they're also been measures where we have been worse than we are now so it is a mixed picture i would say but the question we are addressing i wouldn't say the real question with all the things tom talks about are important and i agree with the pep talk. we don't exercise the unipolar authority if we ever actually did and we never actually did. we spend the cold war dealing with a soviet union that wielded a certain amount of influence and have troops for control of half of europe and i think the situation is unquestionably better now in terms of the strategic situation and yielding the overall influence and i think the way to look at this, as john also talked about is when i measure american success and american influence, i measure it against the capacity to uphold a certain kind of world order which the united states has upheld for many decades since t
denying massive amounts of people their rights used to be us, not being concerned used to be us. so i would say looking historically there have been periods where we have been on various different measures better than we are now. they're also been measures where we have been worse than we are now so it is a mixed picture i would say but the question we are addressing i wouldn't say the real question with all the things tom talks about are important and i agree with the pep talk. we don't...
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jeremy of c-span will introduce it for us. what do you have to show us? >> since 1984, c-span covered every convention minute to minute, gavel to gavel. this year's no different. on the hub, viewers can really engage with c-span content and with other viewers during the con venges so if you go to the home page, and the url is c-span.org/campaign2012. there's all sorts of things. at the top of the page, live video and featured video. this is not a new thing for c-span. we have live video every day and it's archived in the c-span video library. scroll down. there's new things. there's user generated clips. every video in the library from the convention and every video before that, you can clip just segments of the video. rather than sharing and entire five hour session, you can share just 30 seconds or 2 minutes, however long you see fit and share that on various social media networks, your blog, or website. below that, there's two twitter streams. they come from two sources. one, viewers. nip using hash tags c-span rnc for the republican convention in tamp
jeremy of c-span will introduce it for us. what do you have to show us? >> since 1984, c-span covered every convention minute to minute, gavel to gavel. this year's no different. on the hub, viewers can really engage with c-span content and with other viewers during the con venges so if you go to the home page, and the url is c-span.org/campaign2012. there's all sorts of things. at the top of the page, live video and featured video. this is not a new thing for c-span. we have live video...
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tell us what the rules are going to be, give us some flex billy, give us a reasonable amount of time, get out of the way. that's what he said. i've always remembered those words. and i think it may apply here today. i want to thank the chairman and ranking of the, susan collins for calling our hearing for working with us. for giving really what the chairman said, he mentioned trying to open up, if you have an idea, bring it to us, and that i think he has had an open door. some have a technical opportunity. we have a lot of distractions around it, so sometimes that happens. we all know we're being attacked by hackers from across the world, and closer to home is likely to get worse, not better. some cause mischief, some steal our ideas, steal our defense secrets. blackmail businesses and nonprofits and the worst. they are also, the challenges i think we have here, we really need a bold plan, we need a roadmap. i call it a commonsense roadmap to move forward. and i hope again that we can move along that way, too, today. i'm especially pleased with the legislation that is being introduced
tell us what the rules are going to be, give us some flex billy, give us a reasonable amount of time, get out of the way. that's what he said. i've always remembered those words. and i think it may apply here today. i want to thank the chairman and ranking of the, susan collins for calling our hearing for working with us. for giving really what the chairman said, he mentioned trying to open up, if you have an idea, bring it to us, and that i think he has had an open door. some have a technical...
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many of us use e-mail. we know that there must be changes in the postal service, but in my view, if the postal service does the right things and in congress, senator leahy, congressman, welch and i are working on legislation to do that, there are business models available to grow the postal service rather than cutting, cutting, and cutting. [applause] now, this is the business model of mr. donahue, postmaster general donahue and the postal service right now. they want to eliminate 252 processing plants, or they're looking at that, including the one here in white river junction. they want to shut down thousands of rural post offices which in many parts of our country, and our state, are the centers of town. it is where people come together, including 15 in the state of vermont. [applause] they want to eliminate saturday mail delivery. now when you do all of that in my view, when you do, as the post office indicated, slow down mail delivery, so when i put a piece in the mail box, it may get to the destination
many of us use e-mail. we know that there must be changes in the postal service, but in my view, if the postal service does the right things and in congress, senator leahy, congressman, welch and i are working on legislation to do that, there are business models available to grow the postal service rather than cutting, cutting, and cutting. [applause] now, this is the business model of mr. donahue, postmaster general donahue and the postal service right now. they want to eliminate 252...
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the chaplain: let us pray. o god who loves us without ceasing, we turn our thoughts toward you. remain with our senators today so that for no single instance they will be unaware of your providential power. we thank you for your infinite love that permits us to make mistakes yet still grow in grace and a knowledge of you. lord, save us from any evil course or idle path that leads them away from your will. today we pray for the president of the united states and for the leaders in every land. help them to bear their responsibilites with honor. and, lord, today we also thank you for the amazing career of senator barbara mikulski. we pray in your holy name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington d.c., march 21, 2012 to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3,
the chaplain: let us pray. o god who loves us without ceasing, we turn our thoughts toward you. remain with our senators today so that for no single instance they will be unaware of your providential power. we thank you for your infinite love that permits us to make mistakes yet still grow in grace and a knowledge of you. lord, save us from any evil course or idle path that leads them away from your will. today we pray for the president of the united states and for the leaders in every land....
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toys r' us. we own three companies. red laser. how many used that? red laser is a technology we bought. two guys built it, and you can go into any store, scan an item, and it shows you the prices online, or you can type it in, and initially retailers thought it was the worst thing in the world because what people were going to do come into the store, scan an item, compare prices, and buy it from the cheapest price. turning out, that's not how it's being abused. being used. here's what they are doing. they do a search. they enter in a keyword. in this case, enter in anyone -- nintendo, and it shows you the price of it of all websites across the web, not just ebay. here's what's also interesting. because of a technology, we show which stores around you have that item in stock at what price. a growing number of consumers are using it to go into the store. they are using this as the way to say, hey, i'm shopping today. i'm going to figure out what stores are near me, who has what i want, and now i'm going to go into the store, walk into the store. what s
toys r' us. we own three companies. red laser. how many used that? red laser is a technology we bought. two guys built it, and you can go into any store, scan an item, and it shows you the prices online, or you can type it in, and initially retailers thought it was the worst thing in the world because what people were going to do come into the store, scan an item, compare prices, and buy it from the cheapest price. turning out, that's not how it's being abused. being used. here's what they are...
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[applause] and for those of us already in florida, what do these numbers tell us? they tell is the journey ahead is long and will continue to test us. as a people, the decisions we make in the next few months will determine whether we continue to create a business climate, a business climate that will produce jobs and opportunities for floridians, whether we fully recapture the spirit of human potential, the core of what it means to be a floridian. i'm absolutely convinced that we will. my friends, the state of our state will continue to improve. [applause] and one of those decisions we need to make to ensure these things happen, there are many. so i would like to focus on what i believe are the three most important jobs i have as your governor. one, ensuring that floridians are able to gain employment. two, securing the right of every floridian to a quality education. and three, keep the cost of living low so that the families and businesses that are in our state can continue to prosper and grow. and that the ones that are not here, know that they have to get here
[applause] and for those of us already in florida, what do these numbers tell us? they tell is the journey ahead is long and will continue to test us. as a people, the decisions we make in the next few months will determine whether we continue to create a business climate, a business climate that will produce jobs and opportunities for floridians, whether we fully recapture the spirit of human potential, the core of what it means to be a floridian. i'm absolutely convinced that we will. my...
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and used online. we appreciate the administration's leadership role in this, as well as the ftc's tenacious work. we are pleased that industry is stepping up its efforts to respect consumer privacy choices. we believe the administration's consumer internet privacy bill of rights puts the right amount of focus on transparency around data collection and its use, and giving individuals more information, or more controls over their personal information. we are grateful for the multi-stakeholder process described today that will be, this will bring consumer and privacy groups and industry together to hopefully develop consensus-based, enforceable privacy codes of conduct. we expect the consumer void will be a very loud and forceful voice during that process. we will do everything to make sure that happens. you can count on it. we are glad, too, that the ftc and at the advertising industry will be breathing new life into the do not track for consumers. some of the nation's largest media marketing associatio
and used online. we appreciate the administration's leadership role in this, as well as the ftc's tenacious work. we are pleased that industry is stepping up its efforts to respect consumer privacy choices. we believe the administration's consumer internet privacy bill of rights puts the right amount of focus on transparency around data collection and its use, and giving individuals more information, or more controls over their personal information. we are grateful for the multi-stakeholder...
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it's an honor for us to have you with us. secretary clinton's presence here today follows more than a decade of international dialogue on the role of women in peace building and development. in 2000, the united states security council passed resolution 13252 firmly recognize the importance of promoting equality and empowerment of women to prevent, manage and resolve conflict and to protect the rights of women and girls. since then, countries around the world have adopted the resolution, supporting more equitable approaches to peace and security. for nearly four decades and in various roles, secretary clinton has championed these efforts. she has long been a voice for the disempowered and disenfranchised. most recently through her remarks in geneva, which addressed the dignity and equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. [applause] secretary clinton's speech advanced and extended the work begun in beijing in 1995, where she declared that human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human righ
it's an honor for us to have you with us. secretary clinton's presence here today follows more than a decade of international dialogue on the role of women in peace building and development. in 2000, the united states security council passed resolution 13252 firmly recognize the importance of promoting equality and empowerment of women to prevent, manage and resolve conflict and to protect the rights of women and girls. since then, countries around the world have adopted the resolution,...
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the chaplain: let us pray. o god, our father, shine your light on capitol hill and give light to each lawmaker. illuminate their lives so that their beliefs may be certain and true. may the light of your knowledge guide them in all of their decisions. grant that guided by your light they will reach the light that never fails. grant that illuminated by your truth they may reach the truth that is complete. lead them, o god, so that in the end they may see light in your light and know even as they are known. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., may 22, 2012. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable j
the chaplain: let us pray. o god, our father, shine your light on capitol hill and give light to each lawmaker. illuminate their lives so that their beliefs may be certain and true. may the light of your knowledge guide them in all of their decisions. grant that guided by your light they will reach the light that never fails. grant that illuminated by your truth they may reach the truth that is complete. lead them, o god, so that in the end they may see light in your light and know even as they...
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he was faced with, he stopped us from going, all of us, into food lines, soup lines. and he had two wars that were off the books up until 2006, democrats control, of congress. anyway, what i think the difference is with the ryan plan and the obama budget plan is that president obama wants to do it at a slower rate. now, there's one word that doesn't get talked about enough in the tax code, is loopholes. and my father made a lot of money in his life, and he was trying to teach me how to cash in an office. and the deductions he claimed, he hardly had to pay a thing. >> guest: of course obama did come in during a pretty deep recession. he did come in with a couple of foreign wars which it continues until very recently started some of his own in libby and central africa and elsewhere. so i think antiwar left should be very disappointed as president for that reason. and, of course, he is continue with a lot of bush policies and the civil liberties area that should be a major concern to the left even assassinate a u.s. citizen of our which, of course, had never been done be
he was faced with, he stopped us from going, all of us, into food lines, soup lines. and he had two wars that were off the books up until 2006, democrats control, of congress. anyway, what i think the difference is with the ryan plan and the obama budget plan is that president obama wants to do it at a slower rate. now, there's one word that doesn't get talked about enough in the tax code, is loopholes. and my father made a lot of money in his life, and he was trying to teach me how to cash in...
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verify all payments using primary source accounting records. organize audit teams to match more complex and challenging tasks. pick up the pace of fraud referrals to the defense criminal investigative service. develop a more effective audit follow-up strategy. and lastly, follow up to ensure that prosecutions occur where warranted or necessary. these adjustments should be achieved using available resources. correct these problems and top-quality reports will be the norm. all these goals are within easy reach. once accomplished, audits will be fully aligned with the core mission of the inspector general. in closing, i want all the auditors in the inspector general's office to know that i consider their oversight mission to be one of the highest importance. there is nothing more important to the taxpayers than having an aggressive team of auditors watchdogging how the taxpayers' money is being spent. i know there has been a concerted effort over the past few years to improve the quality of their work. i deeply respect, deeply appreciate and will
verify all payments using primary source accounting records. organize audit teams to match more complex and challenging tasks. pick up the pace of fraud referrals to the defense criminal investigative service. develop a more effective audit follow-up strategy. and lastly, follow up to ensure that prosecutions occur where warranted or necessary. these adjustments should be achieved using available resources. correct these problems and top-quality reports will be the norm. all these goals are...
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we have a really remarkable group of folks with us to help us explore this. kim gatti is a professor of political science at the university of oklahoma. he joined the faculty in 1996 after four years on the faculty at tulane and the school of public health in topical medicine in new orleans. he's the author of many, many books and articles on elections and southern politics. and he is going to explicate for us this whole concept of citizen voting. and the way those arguments have emerged and the potential impact of that argument. lisa garcia is an associate professor of education and political science and the chair for center for latino politics at us berkeley. she taught at irvine and long beach. the research interest is around civic engagement, community activity and political incorporation of racial and ethnic groups in the united states. and lisa will be talking with us specifically about her research on latino research participation in california elections and some of the emerging issues for that community. danny is director of the demographic research p
we have a really remarkable group of folks with us to help us explore this. kim gatti is a professor of political science at the university of oklahoma. he joined the faculty in 1996 after four years on the faculty at tulane and the school of public health in topical medicine in new orleans. he's the author of many, many books and articles on elections and southern politics. and he is going to explicate for us this whole concept of citizen voting. and the way those arguments have emerged and...
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we will use the military assets. we are not going to -- we will use military assets, but we need to focus on another part of this problem, and that problem as law enforcement. and here is where we have a major disagreement with the governor of massachusetts. he has opposed to the death penalty for the drug kingpins. we believe people convicted of that crime deserves a death penalty as does the legislation that is supported by the bipartisan including many democrats of his party. he also is opposed to mandatory drug sentencing for drug dealers in the state of massachusetts. you cannot have a war on drugs. you cannot be tough on drugs and weak on crime >> it's interesting to see that the senator from indiana, when we had a resolution on the floor of the united states for kacmarik sponsored by governor dole he was one of the senators that voted against it and it's also interesting to see about one of his campaign managers trying to help him with his image was also hired by noriega to help him with his image. [applause]
we will use the military assets. we are not going to -- we will use military assets, but we need to focus on another part of this problem, and that problem as law enforcement. and here is where we have a major disagreement with the governor of massachusetts. he has opposed to the death penalty for the drug kingpins. we believe people convicted of that crime deserves a death penalty as does the legislation that is supported by the bipartisan including many democrats of his party. he also is...
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using costly processing machinery. farmers need to scale back production because of a sudden drop in price, the processing plant shuts down, and may never reopen. because this processing is so capital-intensive, it's imperative we give producers a stable marketplace so they don't experience a constant boom and bust, which is what we would see without the stability of the program that we have today. the current u.s. sugar policy has been run at zero cost to taxpayers for the last ten years. let me just say that again. zero. zero, zero, zero cost to the american taxpayer for the last ten years. this policy helps defend 142,000 american jobs, and $20 billion in economic activity every year. zero cost, 142,000 jobs, $20 billion in economic activity every year. two things come to mind. even with our sugar policy, the united states, interestingly, is the second largest net importer of sugar behind only russia. this is important because our policy has been viewed as a protectionist policy, and yet we are still an importer. we
using costly processing machinery. farmers need to scale back production because of a sudden drop in price, the processing plant shuts down, and may never reopen. because this processing is so capital-intensive, it's imperative we give producers a stable marketplace so they don't experience a constant boom and bust, which is what we would see without the stability of the program that we have today. the current u.s. sugar policy has been run at zero cost to taxpayers for the last ten years. let...
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yes, government can be us. it's us. it's our money used together to help each other. completely disagree with you. >> host: the democratic line, ashville, north carolina. >> caller: yes, are you there? >> guest: i am, i can hear you well. >> caller: okay. number one really because paid back, took back another loan to pay back their loans, they have not paid back the bondholders yet. three, as in the auto industry failing? gm -- [inaudible] volvo, nonunion factory and bmw also a nonunion factory. they are doing just fine and are still doing just fine. >> host: taking your points, first one, taking loans to pay off other loans. >> guest: they paid off the loans. they needed the support to get stablized and create jobs. it was not just a bankruptcy, and the president's leadership, he negotiated tough concessions on both sides with management and labor. this was something that we needed to do at this time, and so, no, that type of a rescue was essential to keep the auto industry stable. >> host: what about bondholders, still have nos been paid back. >> guest: the car comp
yes, government can be us. it's us. it's our money used together to help each other. completely disagree with you. >> host: the democratic line, ashville, north carolina. >> caller: yes, are you there? >> guest: i am, i can hear you well. >> caller: okay. number one really because paid back, took back another loan to pay back their loans, they have not paid back the bondholders yet. three, as in the auto industry failing? gm -- [inaudible] volvo, nonunion factory and bmw...
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it's easier with us. we actually go the farthest of any of the four of us. politifact.com has a report card for every person. we think that helps you get a sense of what any particular candidate or elective official is saying and what we have politifact and the rating sorry we tally the ratings because our readers ask for it. but that's as far as we go. now, what's interesting, and i don't the livestock in this, but it's fun to see what people do with our work. there is a guy you know how you that started a web site with a name i can't really say on c-span. it begins "who's more full of--" something and takes the candidates amusing. i'm not sure how revealing they are, but it's -- we are happy for people to use our work as they see fit. but our focus is best, the claims are and whether they are true or not. >> i will just add one thing. i have on my website a pinocchio tracker for the campaign where they can see the average pinocchio ratings for all the candidates who've run for president, and it gives an average. but again, as we said it saw selective in th
it's easier with us. we actually go the farthest of any of the four of us. politifact.com has a report card for every person. we think that helps you get a sense of what any particular candidate or elective official is saying and what we have politifact and the rating sorry we tally the ratings because our readers ask for it. but that's as far as we go. now, what's interesting, and i don't the livestock in this, but it's fun to see what people do with our work. there is a guy you know how you...
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people throughout the country expect us to work together, and they want to see us address the economic challenges that we're facing in the country. well, one of the best ways to address the fiscal issues that we're facing is to be able to grow this economy, and nothing is more important to growing the economy, to creating jobs than small businesses. senator casey talked about the recent report that came out from his congressional committee, talking about the importance of small business. the fact is that over the last decade, businesses are fewer than 250 employees accounted for nearly 80% of all new hires. economists tell us that about two-thirds of the jobs that are going to be needed to get us out of this recession are going to come from small businesses, and in new hampshire, small businesses are particularly important. we are a small business state. over 95% of all new hampshire companies have fewer than 500 employees. about 85% of new hampshire companies have fewer than 20 employees. and one of the things that we have got to look at is how we can help those small businesses conti
people throughout the country expect us to work together, and they want to see us address the economic challenges that we're facing in the country. well, one of the best ways to address the fiscal issues that we're facing is to be able to grow this economy, and nothing is more important to growing the economy, to creating jobs than small businesses. senator casey talked about the recent report that came out from his congressional committee, talking about the importance of small business. the...
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a little bit about us. we provide care to about 28,000 children and this year on track to about 30,000. we work with mobile equipment. you can see we are a head start based program at about to enter the sites statewide about 300 sites. sophos lardy of the care is actually not done at the headquarters located in northeast minneapolis the vast majority of the work is done on site in community centers, schools, and different types of permanent sites that we have established. you can see that we take anyone with any kind of insurance and we have a sliding fee schedule. basically we turn away no one. we see children under the age -- children under the age of 21 from birth to 21 and pregnant women. we also work a lot of children with special needs. i see a lot of children with autism, wheelchair-bound, really the whole spectrum. and also that the headquarters we can provide quiet rooms where we can decrease the stimulus and help access those children who struggle not only to get care once they get care they strug
a little bit about us. we provide care to about 28,000 children and this year on track to about 30,000. we work with mobile equipment. you can see we are a head start based program at about to enter the sites statewide about 300 sites. sophos lardy of the care is actually not done at the headquarters located in northeast minneapolis the vast majority of the work is done on site in community centers, schools, and different types of permanent sites that we have established. you can see that we...
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history tells us otherwise. president obama inherited one of the weakest economies since the great depression. in fact, we were teetering on another depression. the month that he took the oath of office, putting his hand on abraham lincoln's bobby, we lost over -- abraham lincoln's bible, we lost over. that's what he inherited. we didn't hear that from the minority leader. here's a story that tells is graphically, and it's a chart that those who follow the floor debates see it over and over again. the red reflects job losses during president george w. bush, and the blue lines reflect employment under president obama. this was the month that president obama was sworn into office. almost 800 million jobs were lost in america. that's what he saw as he came to the presidency, and then look what happened. the job losses started reducing and finally turned the corner on the positive side. there you have a graphic presentation of two views of the economy,s views of the republicans and george w. bush with all of the job
history tells us otherwise. president obama inherited one of the weakest economies since the great depression. in fact, we were teetering on another depression. the month that he took the oath of office, putting his hand on abraham lincoln's bobby, we lost over -- abraham lincoln's bible, we lost over. that's what he inherited. we didn't hear that from the minority leader. here's a story that tells is graphically, and it's a chart that those who follow the floor debates see it over and over...
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you have the stu us quo. in all the campaigns advancing change are going to be either funding or undermining the existing power structure and the question for for e us -- [inaudible] toment to change and move them back. we don't aim to be confrontational. we aim for building power, people [inaudible] changing things is always interest you're fighting. ly say one thing which is on the corporate side in particular. you end up seeing companies who great example around a campaign started from the virginia man ends up getting huge -- more than 200,000 people join. it's distributed. and it was revealed that some of the information was dubious. the general underlying idea of lack of good pay and harsh working conditions and apple announced a substantial increase in the hourly wages. there was a material reason. i think who have the increased transparency of the supply chain and the actions with any company. used to be the case you sit in the board room and be pretty confident the decisions you made might be or secur
you have the stu us quo. in all the campaigns advancing change are going to be either funding or undermining the existing power structure and the question for for e us -- [inaudible] toment to change and move them back. we don't aim to be confrontational. we aim for building power, people [inaudible] changing things is always interest you're fighting. ly say one thing which is on the corporate side in particular. you end up seeing companies who great example around a campaign started from the...
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to keep us and keep us safe. so, mr. president, i know we have had a spirited discussion this evening. we will have a chance tomorrow to vote on this bill. i really do believe that we'll have that opportunity to show that america's leadership will be continuing to advance human rights. this legislation will make a difference not just in the trade relationships between russia and the united states -- it will help that -- but it will help advance international respect for human rights. i'm proud to be part of that effort. with that, mr. president, i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presidin
to keep us and keep us safe. so, mr. president, i know we have had a spirited discussion this evening. we will have a chance tomorrow to vote on this bill. i really do believe that we'll have that opportunity to show that america's leadership will be continuing to advance human rights. this legislation will make a difference not just in the trade relationships between russia and the united states -- it will help that -- but it will help advance international respect for human rights. i'm proud...
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nothing is ever handed to us. but also agree with our first republican president a guy named abraham lincoln, who said that through government we should be able to do together what we can't do as well on our own. there's some things we don't do well on our own. that's why we've got a strong military to keep us safe. that's why we have fire departments, because we never know when we might have a fire in our house. that's why we've got public schools to educate our children. that's how we laid railroads and highways and supported research and technology that's saved lives and helped create entire industries. that's why we have programs like medicare and social security and unemployment insurance, because anyone of us -- i don't care how lucky you are, how rich you are, bless you are coming you could face a lay off or crippling illness or a run of bad luck or a tragedy. folks in ohio know about that. nothing is given. that's why we are helping more community colleges like this one to become community college centers.
nothing is ever handed to us. but also agree with our first republican president a guy named abraham lincoln, who said that through government we should be able to do together what we can't do as well on our own. there's some things we don't do well on our own. that's why we've got a strong military to keep us safe. that's why we have fire departments, because we never know when we might have a fire in our house. that's why we've got public schools to educate our children. that's how we laid...
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can you use the microphone please? >> we've already touched on a lot of these plans already but i was curious if you would be willing to engage in a little wednesday morning quarter backing. and analyze the romney campaign in the answer the question could he have won what could he have done differently? i had the impression that he was narrow in his approach and kept coming back to his business experience in economics and how he could help in that regard but it seemed like he was reluctant to go off in the direction keeping his message very narrow and i just wonder if you are to serve as a consultant what you would have done and if you think over the next weeks and months his campaign is going to be viewed as an abysmal failure because he did things wrong just curious about your reaction to that. >> who wants to take that first? >> the abysmal failure part will be for a lot of people on the right i think it was about as abysmally fielder netz john kerry. it's identical races and the difference between romney losing and
can you use the microphone please? >> we've already touched on a lot of these plans already but i was curious if you would be willing to engage in a little wednesday morning quarter backing. and analyze the romney campaign in the answer the question could he have won what could he have done differently? i had the impression that he was narrow in his approach and kept coming back to his business experience in economics and how he could help in that regard but it seemed like he was...
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it's summer i hope more of us will get to the beach and be using the products. they want the fd a a to have tighter restrictions. >> how about fda officials spobledded to the senate bill. >> fda officials very much want the senate bill to come through. they have worked out agreements with the industry and lawmakers. they have been working it almost two years. they want it to get through as quickly as possible. the authorization doesn't expire until september 30th. they're trying to get it done quickly as possible. there's no doubt it -- >> for what we have seen so for a is the house bill being developed significantly different than the senate bill? >> there are only a few places that are different. overall, they are very similar. there is probably going to have to be a conference committee. we have seen some issues with the antibiotics language. that's between the two bills. it's not too far apart. it's nothing different that would keep them from becoming to a final agreement. when do you expect the senate fish the bill? >> we hope by thursday or possibly friday
it's summer i hope more of us will get to the beach and be using the products. they want the fd a a to have tighter restrictions. >> how about fda officials spobledded to the senate bill. >> fda officials very much want the senate bill to come through. they have worked out agreements with the industry and lawmakers. they have been working it almost two years. they want it to get through as quickly as possible. the authorization doesn't expire until september 30th. they're trying to...
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they don't tell us everything. they tell us very little if anything. c-span: why did mamma agree to do this? >> guest: it's interesting when i set out doing these interviews i thought well i will obviously call up my dad's old friends, and got me about three or four interviews. i did 85 interviews until 45 or in the film and i started saying i need to talk to people like schlesinger, brent scowcroft, hopefully donald rumsfeld from the generals, admirals. how am i going to do that. he had been the cia director before. c-span: and brent scowcroft is a national security advisor. >> guest: you can say hi and he was a baby. i didn't agree to enter these i probably took five days to write those and track them so i started interviewing people and almost as an aftermath i said i will interview my mother. and then it changed because she brought the human element. she brought the underneath. what do we to do, she's keeping him to a high standard. she is referred to the cia as catholics and action just like the fbi especially in the early years because the of the
they don't tell us everything. they tell us very little if anything. c-span: why did mamma agree to do this? >> guest: it's interesting when i set out doing these interviews i thought well i will obviously call up my dad's old friends, and got me about three or four interviews. i did 85 interviews until 45 or in the film and i started saying i need to talk to people like schlesinger, brent scowcroft, hopefully donald rumsfeld from the generals, admirals. how am i going to do that. he had...
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siano, a gun is a tool or an instrument, inanimate instrument to be used by people and can be used for good or bad and we need to protect our self-defense. we need to protect her right to self-defense. jay nixon. >> you're in missouri we have a long tradition of being outdoors, supporting gun rights and using those in a very sportsmanlike way. now when its content to do with these issues we expand the rights of folks in c.a.p. for training out there in major military folks had the opportunity and law-enforcement fields than others. we have made necessary changes to strength in them, to allow more people to defend themselves but ultimately decides to conservation heritage in the state. as most everybody here knows, i've been involved in hunt tuna fishing and outdoor activities my entire life and look forward to continuing that aired september 1 of this year was a do start duck season in the east missouri. bus drivers say deer hunting permit turkey hunting, although things are done for many, many generations are part of who we are as missourians. but the strong conservation program, and
siano, a gun is a tool or an instrument, inanimate instrument to be used by people and can be used for good or bad and we need to protect our self-defense. we need to protect her right to self-defense. jay nixon. >> you're in missouri we have a long tradition of being outdoors, supporting gun rights and using those in a very sportsmanlike way. now when its content to do with these issues we expand the rights of folks in c.a.p. for training out there in major military folks had the...
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and for us that is the key. because in our case, not every state is like this, but in wisconsin's caisse the biggest portion of the budget overwhelmingly is local committee and having been a county executive for eight years served people of my county and if you had a cut to the local government that would force either higher property taxes, which i didn't want, or devastate cuts there as well. so the only way to offset that to give local governments the tools as well as the state government was reform one of the biggest portions of our government which was compensation. and so what we did is eliminate collective bargaining for both state and local government employees for everything they sell. and that was capped at the cpi so that if times are tough like now we shared in the sacrifice. if times are good, or public employees got the benefit the we the taxpayers did. so the respect for the taxpayers in wisconsin. in doing so, we in power not only local governments as well as their state to ask for things simply l
and for us that is the key. because in our case, not every state is like this, but in wisconsin's caisse the biggest portion of the budget overwhelmingly is local committee and having been a county executive for eight years served people of my county and if you had a cut to the local government that would force either higher property taxes, which i didn't want, or devastate cuts there as well. so the only way to offset that to give local governments the tools as well as the state government was...
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the chaplain: let us pray. lord, you reign in robust majesty, and we face our labors with joy in knowing that you are always with us. we reply on your word and celebrate your holiness, mercy and love. use our senators today to accomplish your will on earth, help them to remember that you desire to use them to speak and live for you, so that others may find in them the way to you. be their defender and the keeper of body and soul all the days of their lives. imbue their minds with your vision of what is best for our nation and world. we pray in your merciful name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., june 7, 2012. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the sta
the chaplain: let us pray. lord, you reign in robust majesty, and we face our labors with joy in knowing that you are always with us. we reply on your word and celebrate your holiness, mercy and love. use our senators today to accomplish your will on earth, help them to remember that you desire to use them to speak and live for you, so that others may find in them the way to you. be their defender and the keeper of body and soul all the days of their lives. imbue their minds with your vision of...
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some of us. we have fought against it. we have tried to end it. we have established programs and policies at the national and state levels to mitigate it. we have stood with the victims of domestic violence. and now we must stand up and reaffirm our outrage. it is, in my mind, a no-brainer, and i am, frankly, hard pressed to understand why anyone would stand in the way of denouncing violence against any woman. no matter who they are, no matter what their orientation or citizenship is. i am hard pressed to understand why anyone would choose to exclude violence against certain women, turn back the clock to a time when such violence was not recognized, was not a national disgrace, and make a distinction when and against whom such violence meets our threshold of outrage. there can be no such threshold and no such distinction. violence against any woman is an outrage, plain and simple. and so is the message to be that we are willing for some reason that in my mind defies logic to accept violence again
some of us. we have fought against it. we have tried to end it. we have established programs and policies at the national and state levels to mitigate it. we have stood with the victims of domestic violence. and now we must stand up and reaffirm our outrage. it is, in my mind, a no-brainer, and i am, frankly, hard pressed to understand why anyone would stand in the way of denouncing violence against any woman. no matter who they are, no matter what their orientation or citizenship is. i am hard...
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bestow on us each day. we pray for these our elected officials as they work to perform the sacred mission of service, taken up on behalf of all the citizens of this nation that thirsts for god. guide them with good judgment in the exercise of their duties. may your spirit of wisdom abide with them in shaping a more benevolent world, according to your great love. and may the hearts of your people-especially these present-be open to the needs of all our brothers and sisters. we pray in your great name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington d.c., september 13, 2012. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorabl
bestow on us each day. we pray for these our elected officials as they work to perform the sacred mission of service, taken up on behalf of all the citizens of this nation that thirsts for god. guide them with good judgment in the exercise of their duties. may your spirit of wisdom abide with them in shaping a more benevolent world, according to your great love. and may the hearts of your people-especially these present-be open to the needs of all our brothers and sisters. we pray in your great...
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that is how i use the authority -- used the authority that i had to protect the rights of the senate. i do not believe that we should let the powers vested in elected representatives of the american people slip through our fingers because we place partisan interests above the constitution. i have shown how the framers understood how supposedly expedient departures from the constitution risk individual liberty. the constitutional text in this situation is very clear. it must be upheld. we must take appropriate action to see that it is done, nor should we wait for the courts. although the nlrb appointments are already the subject of litigation. we should take action ourselves rather than rely upon others. the stakes are too high. on the other hand, own the o.l.c. opinion recognizes the litigation risks to the president. more more than 200 years, president haves made very expansive claims to power under the recess appointment clause. the president and the senate have worked out differences to form a working government. now this administration seeks to up-end these presidents and that wor
that is how i use the authority -- used the authority that i had to protect the rights of the senate. i do not believe that we should let the powers vested in elected representatives of the american people slip through our fingers because we place partisan interests above the constitution. i have shown how the framers understood how supposedly expedient departures from the constitution risk individual liberty. the constitutional text in this situation is very clear. it must be upheld. we must...
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and now he doesn't want us to enforce the rule that he helped establish. but as i have pointed out, this president is not being treated differently. in many respects, he is being treated better. we have even been more fair, and we cannot have two different sets of rules around here. i suppose we could have, but we shouldn't have. i will place the balance of my statement in the record, which relates to the biographical information of our nominee, mr. mcnulty. again, i want to make it very clear, i support this nomination, and obviously congratulate him on confirmation, which i anticipate will happen with broad support in just a few minutes. i place the rest of my statement in the record and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. lautenberg: mr. president, the parties who come -- this is a privilege and an opportunity for me to confirm my view of judge mcnulty, kevin mcnulty, for the district court of new jersey. the parties who come before a district court deserve to know that they appear before only the most qualified an
and now he doesn't want us to enforce the rule that he helped establish. but as i have pointed out, this president is not being treated differently. in many respects, he is being treated better. we have even been more fair, and we cannot have two different sets of rules around here. i suppose we could have, but we shouldn't have. i will place the balance of my statement in the record, which relates to the biographical information of our nominee, mr. mcnulty. again, i want to make it very clear,...
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the chaplain: let us pray. our gracious god, we thank you for being the source of all life, all wisdom and all grace in this world. and truly as your people we are so very blessed: we are blessed with breath as we rose to this new day. we are blessed with communities of friends and family that support us. we are blessed with hope that our gifts and talents can be channeled into meaningful work. help all of us, o god, to remember the richness of our blessings so that we may work courageously for all of those you have given us to serve. to whom much given, much is also expected. may we give more into your holy work before us today. it is in thanksgiving we pray in your most holy name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the
the chaplain: let us pray. our gracious god, we thank you for being the source of all life, all wisdom and all grace in this world. and truly as your people we are so very blessed: we are blessed with breath as we rose to this new day. we are blessed with communities of friends and family that support us. we are blessed with hope that our gifts and talents can be channeled into meaningful work. help all of us, o god, to remember the richness of our blessings so that we may work courageously for...
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so folks, as i said, the other thing going for us, these guys are helping us. they are helping us by saying what they believe. last point i want to make is this. what is at stake here, as you know, because i know so many of you so well, what's at stake here is literally about restoring the bargain. this is not a political slogan for us but restoring the bargain with the middle class. it really isn't. what these guys don't get, in my opinion, again, i don't think they get it. you know, you hear the analysis that it may be cheaper, it may make more sense long-term for people to rent rather than own. you know those studies you have been getting, not so bad but made available to us. [laughter] we also, we also are told that you know what, it may be that we don't have to send, you know, kids who qualify for college, it's not that important, they all go to college because it costs a lot of money to the americans dash at the present have a lot to say when he gets your. but folks, the particular kit, you get, gym, but all the rest of you get, is you know, it's about as
so folks, as i said, the other thing going for us, these guys are helping us. they are helping us by saying what they believe. last point i want to make is this. what is at stake here, as you know, because i know so many of you so well, what's at stake here is literally about restoring the bargain. this is not a political slogan for us but restoring the bargain with the middle class. it really isn't. what these guys don't get, in my opinion, again, i don't think they get it. you know, you hear...
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i would engage you to get used to. we look at ways to make these things happen and not make it all top down, help us define what hazing of polian or harassment, worries that line between that and hate crimes? yesterday we saw it an example of hate crime. somebody with no hands went in and chat at the place. i don't have all the details, but other instances where john people or until such as act out from behavior that shack says, but we need to go beyond that in terms of trying to figure out what happened, why does it happen and how do we prevent it? be suspect there's all kinds of reasons. everything from bullying, but the other stuff, ignorance, fear. so it's a broad area that the nation has to, within at stake and how we behave as a nation, with acceptable, but it's not acceptable and how we expect individuals to behave in that's got to be all part of that collective consciousness that we care. dumber still growing as a nation, so we need to address that. i'm not about trying to punish anybody, but trying to find way
i would engage you to get used to. we look at ways to make these things happen and not make it all top down, help us define what hazing of polian or harassment, worries that line between that and hate crimes? yesterday we saw it an example of hate crime. somebody with no hands went in and chat at the place. i don't have all the details, but other instances where john people or until such as act out from behavior that shack says, but we need to go beyond that in terms of trying to figure out...
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just use census data. so bartlett says it's over 50%, at least those two issues, the first is that one about the denominator. the other is about minority coalition districts. so can you group together african-americans and hispanics in order to serve out the 50% threshold? the recent texas decision has language that says well maybe not, saying that the district court decision in texas, if they thought that you could do that, might not, they might not have really understood what texas is about. if they wanted to be clear they could then and they weren't in that case. on the lulac versus -- >> the supreme court was so focused on the word coalition that they didn't focus on coalition of what. that is, in bartlett v. strickland the claim was a coalition between black and white voters would be an effective voting majority in the district. in the texas case it was a coalition between black and latino voters, and i think the supreme court didn't focus quite as much on that as they might have in trying to figure o
just use census data. so bartlett says it's over 50%, at least those two issues, the first is that one about the denominator. the other is about minority coalition districts. so can you group together african-americans and hispanics in order to serve out the 50% threshold? the recent texas decision has language that says well maybe not, saying that the district court decision in texas, if they thought that you could do that, might not, they might not have really understood what texas is about....
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for us. i your education policy becomes a very concrete in the classroom and is a big role on educators in the classroom as it does on students and also college faculty members and other indicators see the impact that this policy has on students. so i was going to ask very simply what role do you see the college educators having in powering students to put their voice out there and encouraging student activism? >> there's a group that formed called the coalition but talked about before with the cost but the biggest advantage that we had in that purpose we had the faculty credit sitting with us talking to students. they also have representatives from the union, the workers' union and it's interesting directly be able to have students in the workers' unions in the room talking about the budget cuts in time. and for me it was just so interesting to hear their perspectives. they realize that affect students. faculty are very aware with what is going all the policy on the campus but that didn't al
for us. i your education policy becomes a very concrete in the classroom and is a big role on educators in the classroom as it does on students and also college faculty members and other indicators see the impact that this policy has on students. so i was going to ask very simply what role do you see the college educators having in powering students to put their voice out there and encouraging student activism? >> there's a group that formed called the coalition but talked about before...
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and i want to thank them for taking us into their homes and taking us into their hearts. thank you very much for this honor. [applause] >> congratulations, one and all. the nominees for outstanding feature story in a regular scheduled newscast -- >> and the winner is bbc world news america. inside the north korean bubble. [applause] >> accepting that any, the director. >> we were invited to the celebration, but the founder of the country, is still president. the birthday is marked by a public holiday, a floral offering confusing to the outsider, even in this country often bizarre. >> i believe he is dead. does this mean you think he is a god? that he is immortal? >> yes, he is immortal. excellent father. we don't think he passed away in. [applause] >> thank you very much. first of all i would like to thank recently departed executive producer of bbc world news america. who has been the interface between some the best international journalism of the world and our audiences in u.s. one of the few people i know who can simultaneously translate between english and american, a
and i want to thank them for taking us into their homes and taking us into their hearts. thank you very much for this honor. [applause] >> congratulations, one and all. the nominees for outstanding feature story in a regular scheduled newscast -- >> and the winner is bbc world news america. inside the north korean bubble. [applause] >> accepting that any, the director. >> we were invited to the celebration, but the founder of the country, is still president. the birthday...
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us. >> caller: good morning. i just mostly have a comment. i wonder how mr. ignatius would feel if he were one of the last people in afghanistan? because what's going to happen there, the taliban is going to take the country over. everybody knows it. all the people, because it's a timed withdrawal, all the people there are taking their sides now, and you know that most of the people are going to be afraid of the taliban, afraid of losing their heads so they will go with the taliban. they are scrambling for that right now. how would you like to be the last one there? you would lose your head. but we don't think anything of sending over people and leaving them in this predicament, knowing that we are going to pull out in 2014. that's all i have to say. >> guest: well, the caller raises a couple of good questions. the first that i would focus on is this question of whether the taliban will take over. my own guess is that if you're looking for a that outcome here, be a pessimist about afghani
us. >> caller: good morning. i just mostly have a comment. i wonder how mr. ignatius would feel if he were one of the last people in afghanistan? because what's going to happen there, the taliban is going to take the country over. everybody knows it. all the people, because it's a timed withdrawal, all the people there are taking their sides now, and you know that most of the people are going to be afraid of the taliban, afraid of losing their heads so they will go with the taliban. they...